• Every year in the United States
there are an estimated:
4,000 fatal unintentional drownings—
that is an average of 11 drowning deaths per day.

• Drowning is fast and can be silent.
It can happen in as little as 20-60 seconds.

• Learning to swim can reduce the risk of drowning
by 88 percent for 1 to four-year-olds
who take formal swim lessons.